[Vwdiesel] Help with ID of an engine

[B & R Decker]

Hi Erik;
	VW Foxes were never diesel in this country at least. The engines are
longitudinal like the Audi and Dasher. My wife commutes in an 87 Fox 2 door
wagon in which I plan to put a 1.6 diesel and 5 speed transmission. I bought
the Fox almost 2 years ago but the 1.8 gas in it refuses to die and I can't
see any possible reason to take a perfectly good working gas engine out just
to get a few more mpg. I have the diesel engine and 5 speed tranny in a
Dasher that got wrecked. It is ready to pop in when and if the gas engine
dies. A Quantum Syncro would be a great car for winter travel to Idaho but
Quantum Syncros are all 5 cyl gas engined not that that is a bad thing. I
have a 1988 Audi 5000 CS Quattro 5 cyl turbo gas and as a road car I don't
think there is anything better especially in the mountains and the snow. My
spring project is to turbo my 1981 Rabbit diesel pickup then I will probably
want to drive it instead of my 1981 Gas rabbit pickup with it's 115 plus
horses. The N/A diesel is just to slow for this old hot rodder.
Brian Decker 
-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of Erik Lane
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 6:25 PM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Help with ID of an engine

If I needed the parts then maybe $100-200 if the engine was shot? I could be
way off my rocker. Don't really know.

Yes, the Audi diesels were longitudinal, as well as the VW Quantum and
Dasher. I don't know about the Fox - never seen one of them in person close
up to where I could check it out. From the look of it I would guess it was
transverse - the hood looks a little shorter like a Jetta or Rabbit to me.

I almost bought a worn out gas Quantum just because it was 4x4. Still kinda
like the idea of having a little 4 wheel drive diesel station wagon to head
up to the mountain or to visit the in-laws in Idaho.

Erik

On 12/21/06, Sandy Cameron <scameron at compmore.net> wrote:
>
> At 07:01 AM 21/12/2006 -0500, you wrote:
> >Dear Listees,
> >
> >Were any of the VW diesel offerings painted green at the factory?  I
> >picked up a NA block  w/head at a scrapyard,
> >and the block is green. The IP is still on it, as is one of those
> >boxy-looking A/C compressors (which is mounted on the exhaust-side of
> >the engine, and it has some of the hardware for mounting along the
> >longitudinal axis instead of transversely.  Just wondering if any of
> >this would ring a bell with anyone.
>
> Most remans are painted green, maybe some factory, esp. replacements.
>
>
> Whoopee! a transplant for a Samurai/sidekick..
>
> I've never seen a car with the longitudinal engine in it.
> Were those the audis?, the fox?
>
> If I was junkyard cruising for one, what would I ask for?
> Worth it for the brackets and accessories, even if the block is shot.
>
> Might inventory one for future projects.
>
> (SIdekick in neighbour's driveway that hasn't turned a wheel in 2 years)
>
> Sandy
>
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